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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an has welcomed Saudi King Salman in the presidential palace with a state ceremony during the king's official three-day visit to the country.

King Salman arrived at the presidential palace accompanied by mounted troops. The king later saluted the escort of honor.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an has filed a complaint against a comedian who recited a satirical poem about him on German national television, German prosecutors said in a statement. 

It is not every day that a U.S. attorney becomes a public hero for a whole class of people in Turkey, but that is the case with Preet Bharara, who indicted Reza Zarrab. Thanks to Bharara's legal work, Zarrab will to stand trial in New York for violating Iranian sanctions, money laundering, and defrauding the U.S. government. 

Best-selling Turkish crime writer Ahmet Ümit may have set his latest novel in the final years of the Ottoman Empire, but he says its themes are very much of the present day: A drift towards authoritarianism and erosion of freedom of expression. 

President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an has highlighted the ambition to build the assertive "Kanal Istanbul" project, which foresees the building of a giant canal on Istanbul's European side to ease the aquatic traffic of the city's busy Bosphorus Strait, "regardless of what anyone says."

Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz was welcomed by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an at Ankara's Esenbo?a airport as he is paying a visit to Turkey for the 13th Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) summit, which will last until April 15. 

The Saudi King, whose visit triggered a week of intense preparations in Ankara, used an escalator to debark his plane.

The Turkish Prime Ministry has sent the national assembly the summaries of proceedings against eight members of parliament, four each from the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) and the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), in order for their legislative immunities to be lifted.

A senior Turkish official has confirmed that Ankara had officially requested Germany criminally prosecute a comedian for allegedly insulting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an in a poem.

The long-awaited new Be?ikta? stadium was inaugurated in a ceremony on April 10 with the attendance of politicians at the highest level, including President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an and Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu. Black eagles' supporters, however, were denied entry to the tribunes of their new home pitch due to tight security measures. 

The Turkish government has chosen Murat Çetinkaya, a deputy Central Bank governor, to be the Bank's new governor, Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmu? announced on April 11 after a cabinet meeting led by Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu in ?anl?urfa on April 11.